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Characteristics of Emotions
There is one type of emotion that is
more distinguishable than all the others because of its high intensity, and
that one is anger. It also occurs more often and it is submitted to a more
intense control. As far as its duration is concerned, it may differ quite a lot
for each type of emotion. Thus, fear lasts from a few seconds to one hour
maximum, and that may certainly be due to the fact that it is related to very
precise and unexpected stimulus, which necessarily causes adaptation reactions
such as running, submission, aversion, tranquility, which can make the emotion
vanish away quite soon.
Anger can last from a few minutes to
a few hours. Because it is very much related to the person or the situation
which has caused it, the emotional experience decreases as the subject gets
more adapted or as the situation gradually changes, and especially if the angry
person is no longer submitted to the element that provoked his/her anger. Joy
can last from one hour to a whole day, depending on the importance of the
social context. Finally, sadness can last from one to more days, often
requiring a period of mourning and adapting to the new relational situation.
Emotional control has certain
effects. There is an implicit conception of the chronology of the emotions.
First the emotions are stirred, then reactions follow, and then these reactions
are submitted to control. This conception may indeed presuppose a theoretical
simplification which generates ambiguities, because the adjustment of emotions
can occur at different levels: an individual level (individual homeostasis) and
a social level (social homeostasis). Certain reactions such as expressive,
discharging reactions described above, i.e. crying, laughter, and gesticulation
play an important role in the individual homeostasis. They are perceived as
necessary and allow a state of beneficial relief. In these cases, the reaction
itself is the one which regulates the emotional status.
On the other hand, it's true that
the public emotional manifestations submit to certain conventionality and also
to the social or inter-individual homeostasis. The two aspects, the individual
and the social control are strongly related and the surface reaction is the
result of combining the spontaneous expression tendency with its control.
Feelings and emotions are so
strongly interconnected with motivation, that most psychologists treat them
together. They are considered to be the interior side of behavior, while
tendencies and valences seem to be its manifested side. This does not mean that
they have identical functions. Transactions between tendencies and valences are
controlled by social norms and they observe the law of ethics. The transactions
between hereditary emotions and acquired feelings are controlled by our
interior health and happiness. They depend on the harmonious development of our
personality, expressed by mental hygiene and promoted by art and literature.
By Syafitri Rahmania Ulfah (12410149)
Reference Miclaus, Claudia. (2011). Article Psychology.
Buzzle.com
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